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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> March 2, 2006 <br /> Approved April 6, 2006 <br /> could close half of them . Two of six are closing anyway . If you were to look at doing <br /> a franchise regardless of the number of vendors, with single payer everyone is <br /> covered . The savings would be huge . There is approximately 6, 000 tons of waste <br /> going out of-county . If you knew how much garbage you needed to control for the <br /> planning of the transfer station it would make the operation more efficient . Your <br /> fixed costs are spread over a larger customer base . There are at least four different <br /> trucks going past my house each week . You wouldn' t need new sites . You could <br /> reduce collection at the 24 -hour dropoff sites too . <br /> Wilson asks do you think it would be $ 10 per month? <br /> Clayton replies it' s about $15 per month now including profits <br /> Wilson asks in doing that are you assuming not having free garbage service at the <br /> convenient centers ? <br /> Clayton states that it wouldn' t matter because you would put the burden on the <br /> household . I would say that you wouldri t pay the company a tip fee just a collection <br /> fee . <br /> Wilson asks what would be the negative or downside if there are any ? <br /> Clayton replies that there would be some outcry from people that don' t want to pay <br /> more taxes . <br /> Vickers questions whether tax or fee . <br /> Clayton replies does it matter ? <br /> Vickers states it matters because Chapel Hill and Carrboro are paying in their taxes <br /> for garbage collection . <br /> Clayton states it would be an additional fee . <br /> Pollock states that you could have a garbage district that encompassed only the <br /> unincorporated areas . <br /> Sassaman states that that goes back to what the Advisory Board proposed 21/2 years <br /> ago . That didn' t go over . <br /> Clayton states that we are moving beyond that . When Hwy 57 closes and everyone <br /> from Hillsborough runs out to Walnut Grove, there will be some angry folks calling <br /> 8 <br />